Metallica killed it
today. Yusef Cat Stevens is so amazing and his music is timeless because in some
wild way, still relevant today. I love Hugh Jackman...he's the whole package
(Night of the Museum 3 reference)....I am into this Lamr Kendrick dude even though i have never heard a noteof his music till right now....This is good stuff.....I must admit that I also love Cold Play to be honest with you
guys and as you all know about me, I have followed the people at MSNBC since day
one....but regardless and I want to preface this by saying that I feel this is
such a great thing they do at MSNBC and at Global Citizens...I love what they
have going and I love the interactive medium they set up over the last few
years. Its way innovative and way cool....I wrote the following in my first book (Three
Weeks In June) like 10 or 15 years ago...and its not only relevant today, it also should be applied today:
"We continue to eat our lunch. I am pretty sure that we spend over
450 Billion dollars in the Iraq war every year, and that we spend more than 650
Billion dollars in the Afghanistan War. That is about 1.2 Trillion dollars in
defense money that we spend every year for these two wars. Now, please bear in
mind that for 124 Billion dollars, we could cover Health Insurance for every
uninsured family in the U.S., and that 68 Billion dollars would cover the conversion
of cars in the USA, from oil today, to run on pure ethanol natural gas. It
would then take 30 Billion dollars to cover all primary education for every
child on the planet, let alone in the USA, and 7 more Billion Dollars would end
all hunger issues in the USA. That total amount needed for the United States to
cover all those costs together, is much less than what we spend on war."
In this classic story that takes place on a road trip throughout the United States, Don Lichterman tells of his experiences at an Indian Reservation, the country's largest music festival and a band's final tour. During his journey all around America, Lichterman talks about his relationships gained and lost along the way debating important issues facing the U.S, such as the upsurge in government spending, the job market, the state of the economy, religion, the criminal justice system/laws, the War on Drugs, the War On Terror, the housing bust, the health care system, private prisons and private jails.